A caste is a fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system. Within such a system...
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The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes. It has its origins in ancient India, and...
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The Maratha caste is composed of 96 clans, originally formed in the earlier centuries from the amalgamation of families from the peasant (Kunbi), shepherd...
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The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The...
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Forward caste (or General caste) is a term used in India to denote castes which are not listed in SC, ST or OBC reservation lists. They are on average...
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The Valmikis can be classified as a caste or sampradaya (tradition/sect). In the north-west Punjab region, this caste had adopted Sikhism. During the Indian...
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Kapu is a Hindu caste mainly found in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. They are classified as a Forward caste. They are a community of land-owning agriculturists...
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up caste in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Caste is a system of social stratification and hierarchy in human societies. It may also refer to: Caste system...
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Dalit (redirect from Untouchable caste)
represented the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent. Dalits were excluded from the fourfold varna of the caste hierarchy and were seen as forming...
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decided by birth. Broadly, Indian castes are divided into the Forward Castes, Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes. Indian Christians...
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Nadar (also referred to as Nadan, Shanar and Shanan) is a Tamil caste of India. Nadars are predominant in the districts of Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli...
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Indian caste historically found in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir and other parts of north and central India. The caste is traditionally...
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spelled Baniya, Banija, Banya, Vaniya, Vani, Vania and Vanya) is a mercantile caste mainly from the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan, with strong diasporic...
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Half-caste is a term used for individuals of multiracial descent. Terms such as half-caste, caste, quarter-caste and mix-breed were used by colonial officials...
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meaning: a man of Dalit caste, living by singing and music), also known as Domra, Domba, Domaka, Dombara and Dombari, are castes, or groups, scattered across...
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The 2022 Bihar Caste Based Survey was notified by the Government of Bihar on 6 June 2022 by gazette notification after a Supreme Court ruling. The survey...
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University of California Press. p. 27. Syed Siraj ul Hassan (1920). The Castes and Tribes of H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions, Volume 1. Asian Educational...
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community which is a Vaishya community that is currently organised as a caste. They are primarily found in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana...
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Warrior caste may refer to; Kshatriya, a member of the military or reigning order, the second-ranking caste of the Indian varna system Samoa's Toa class...
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Other Backward Class (redirect from Other Backward Castes)
classifications of the population of India, along with general castes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs). The OBCs were found to comprise...
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The Udayar is a title used by multiple caste in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. According to Selva Raj, the Udayar are not "socially humbler" than the...
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is a nonfiction book by the American journalist Isabel Wilkerson, published in August 2020 by Random House. The...
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caste is one which preponderates numerically over other castes and also wields preponderant economic and political power. A large and powerful caste group...
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Padmasali (also spelt as Padmashali, Padmasale) is a Hindu caste residing in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat...
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The Kashyap Rajput or Kashyap are a caste in India. They are sometimes called the Koshyal or Kanshilya. Kashyap is originally one of the eight primary...
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Kamma is a largely Hindu caste from South India. The community of Kammas is believed to have originated from agriculturists of the Kammanadu region of...
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Vedaa centers on a Dalit girl who is being abused and tortured by the upper caste. She wants to learn boxing to protect herself and her family. Abhimanyu...
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Nai, also known as Sain is a generic term for occupational castes of barbers. The name is said to be derived from the Sanskrit word nāpita (नापित). In...
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recognized as Scheduled Castes by official designation, make up around one-sixth of India's population. These Scheduled Castes are predominantly concentrated...
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that was occupied by literate members of the lower as well as the higher castes. They also held Karanam post in some parts of Andhra Pradesh, where they...
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